More commuters traversing Quezon City up north and Parañaque City down south will enjoy shorter travel time, thanks to the first phase of the Light Rail Transit-Line 1 (LRT-1) Cavite extension, according to the Philippine office of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In a...
Mount Fuji (Photo by Andreas Rasmussen) Japan’s Mount Fuji is still snowless as of November 1. The country’s weather agency, in its 130 years of recordkeeping, has consistently observed snowfall on the mountain in October, but now it has yet to see “any measurable snow,” the Japan...
As the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) plans to raise 30 to 40 billion Japanese yen (up to about P15 billion) from its forthcoming gender bond issuance, its chief representative in the Philippines is on the lookout for local projects they can fund, especially in war-torn Mindanao. On...
Wind turbines operate at the Klettwitz Nord solar energy park near Klettwitz, Germany, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader) The world is set to make abundant energy by the second half of the decade as the production of batteries and solar panels surges — but there'll also be...
Japanese tech firm Spectee Inc.'s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered crisis management information system is expected to enhance disaster response in the Philippines, according to the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA). In a statement, JICA Philippines said its senior representative...
The Board of Investments (BOI) and the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) have formalized their partnership to strengthen bilateral trade and investment ties between Manila and Seoul. In a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) signed on Oct. 7, 2024, the two agencies committed to jointly...
The local economies of Bulacan and its neighboring provinces are expected to be bolstered by the expanded 24.6-kilometer (km) Plaridel Bypass Road, according to the Japanese government, which partly funded the project through an official development assistance (ODA) loan. The completed third phase...
Japan, together with the United States, is backing up the Philippines' cybersecurity enhancement, especially to protect critical information infrastructures (CIIs). Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) Philippines chief representative Takema Sakamoto committed "unwavering support" to the...
President Marcos has appointed Jaime Alfonso Antonio Eder Zobel de Ayala as Member of the Department of Trade and Industry’s Inter-Agency Investment Promotion Coordination Committee. Zobel will be Private Sector Representative from the National Capital Region for a term of three years, said...
Japan will help the Philippines achieve its ambition to become an upper middle-income economy through sustained official development assistance (ODA), according to Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) president Akihiko Tanaka. At an online press briefing commemorating JICA's 70th...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is eyeing to bridge ‘prospective business partnerships’ for targeted rollout of nuclear power projects in the Philippines during the country’s hosting of the International Nuclear Supply Chain Forum to be held in Manila this November. The event will bring...
State-run Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) has partnered with the Korean government agency National Agency for Administrative City Construction (NAACC) for New Clark City’s (NCC) urban planning, smart city development, green energy, and smart administrative systems. In a...
